The supporters of oil development in ANWR all proclaimed that this massive flop was a victory, refusing to make any mention of why the oil industry boycotted the event.
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On. November 29, 2025, Gov. Mike Dunleavy told Republican supporters in Fairbanks he didn’t want to say anything “stupid,” but the state didn’t have to do anything more to get the Alaska LNG proejct going—the pipeline was looking good, real good.
“Lot of questions about the pipeline. And here’s what I’m gonna tell you,” Dunleavy said to the crowd at a campaign fundraiser for Fairbanks Rep. Frank Tomaszewski at the home of Mike Samson.
“The next two months are going to be some of the most exciting months in Alaska’s history,” Dunleavy said. “I’m not making that up. I wouldn’t stick my neck out to say something stupid.”
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Sen. Dan Sullivan’s real problem with Alaska voters is not the other Dan Sullivan, Chuck Schumer, George Soros or Mary Peltola.
He needs votes from those who have not succumbed to Trumpism, but loses because of his total inability to say anything or do anything of consequence if it means criticizing Trump.
Sullivan’s chronic condition is exacerbated by his need to remain within the warm embrace of Trump, lest the ballroom master turn on Sullivan and cancel his dance card.
Read MoreThe oil industry has no interest in exploring for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
That’s the only real conclusion to be drawn from the federal lease that flopped—as the only bidders were a state-owned entity, AIDEA, and Hex Energy LLC.
Read MoreGlenfarne’s insistence on keeping its numbers secret has not gone over well with the Legislature or the public for months. The patience of legislators ended Tuesday.
By Wednesday, Glenfarne admitted that $46.2 billion “ballpark number” was not a defensible number.
It turns out that Glenfarne was in a different ballpark, one with total costs estimated at $8.3 billion above what Prestidge claimed on Tuesday was a “ballpark” number that he wanted the Legislature to focus on.
Read MoreThe “Build the Line!’ rally Tuesday demanded that legislators answer the wrong question.
See if you can spot what’s wrong with the question. And see if you can spot what’s wrong with the answer given by nine Republicans and Democrats in Fairbanks.
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The “Build the Line!” propaganda campaign is perfect for people who think that numbers don’t matter.
The cost of the line doesn’t matter. The cost of the gas doesn’t matter. The cost of construction doesn’t matter. The details of the contract the state signed with Glenfarne don’t matter.
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Sen. Robb Myers and Rep. Frank Tomaszewski enacted a secret plan to have Myers retire and Tomaszewski file for the Legislature in his place on the last day candidates could file. Tomaszewski’s wife, Harmony, filed to run for the state House seat that her husband is vacating.
The Tomaszewskis will have competition.
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The “Build the Line!” pressure campaign against the Legislature by Glenfarne and the Republican Party is oversimplified gasbaggery.
The company and the GOP are trying to con Alaskans into strong-arming legislators under the cover of the “Build the Line!” slogan, insinuating that there is nothing for the Legislature to do but cut taxes and get out of the way.
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I want to pay tribute today to Elstun Lauesen II, who was lucky to have two names that strangers misspelled and mispronounced from Badger Road to Harvard Square and back during his 81 years.
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